JB, true, it seems pretty straight-forward.  The only complaint I have is the painting instructions for the interior seem to be missing, or I'm missing them completely.

Oh, well!  Now where did I put that bottle of hot-pink that all Supermarine cockpits were supposedly painted in? 

Gary

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That's coming along nicely Frank. I have never used precut stencils before but that sure looks like the way to go

 

 

 

 

Those stencils are vinyl and easy to apply. The adhesive is a little aggressive so you have to be sure the paint is well cured so it doesn't come up when the stencils are removed.

The first times I used the stencils, on a Flying Tigers P-40B and a Bell P-400 Airacobra, I let the paint cure for a week and applied Tamiya Clear Gloss before applying the stencils. Some of the enamel paint still came up. On the Spitfire, it is painted with Mr. Color acrylic paint and after curing for 24 hours, it took the stencils very nicely. No paint came up.

 

Frank,looks like the stencils look great,I got mine from your source, looking to trying them out

I'll get you on the roster gary.

JB, still have 10 months to go, so plenty of jump to jump in with anotehr build.

Tojo, you won't be disappointed. Just be sure you have a good gloss coat applied and it has has time to cure before you apply the stencils. I usually apply the gloss coat, wait 24 hours at least, apply the stencils, and then paint the second color. Good luck. I'm sure you'll be pleased.

Gary: Looks cool!

The "reverse Lend/Lease" Spitfire Mk VIII is on the shelf. The build depicts an aircraft of the 308th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF, Italy, early 1944. I used Gunze paints for the topside camouflage, Dark Earth and Middle Stone over my own mix MM enamel for Azure Blue on the underside. The theater stripes are Tamiya Flat Yellow and the spinner is Tamiya Insignia Red. The decals are BarracudaCals. The decals were a little stiff(?). It took a lot of Solvaset to get the decals to conform to the surface detail. The tail got the RAF fin flash since there was nothing to fill the space on the tail, like no serial number. After the decals were on, I dusted the whole plane with Tamiya Buff thinned 10/1 to give it a dusty look and kind of tie all the colors together. The exhaust and gun smoke stains are pastel stick scrapings applied with a small brush. The whole build is sealed with Testors Dullcote. As always, comments and critique are welcome.

Beautiful camo on the spitfire it came together very well.

Tojo72

Great job Frank

 

Looking forward to seeing how your camouflage comes out, Tojo.

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Great job Frank

 

 

 

 

 

Looking forward to seeing how your camouflage comes out, Tojo.

 

It's next in queue

Trying to finish up a Meng Merkava 

Awesome job Frank! 

Frank, That looks spectacular. I love the idea of dusting it with a light coat of thinned Tamiya buff. I may have to try that some time.

On a side note, Today I placed an order with Ultracast for some 5 spoke Spitfire wheels and resin flared exhausts for the Hasegawa Mk IXc. I have already gotten started on the cockpit. She is full time on the bench now that the Komet is done.

Your Spitfire looks very nice, Frank, Well Done!

Frank: Looks perfect to me! The camo came out great!!! Beautiful job! 

Frank,

I concur with the opinion that it's a beautiful "Airplane That Shall Not Be Named". 

Well done!

As for me, the progress proceed along.  The kit almost fall together.  I did have some trouble with the cockpit fit, but with a little sanding and some brute force I managed to get it in.

As for the rest, piece of cake.

Even the Hurricane is taking shape.

So I guess I need to paint it?

Gary

Frank - Very well done! That camouflage is super sharp. 

Gary - Looks like you're ready to slap some paint on that bird Bird.

Time for me to catch up and what been going on here. frank, thats a lovely job on that Spit. I do like that scheme and i think the colours are spot on. I like the markings. Nice job and thanks for shareing. Front page updated.

Gary, thats coming together nicely.

Roster and completed pics have been updated, if i have missed anyone, please give me a nudge.

Gary: Looks good! And I know what you mean- it's a joy to build a great fitting kit! 

Add this one to the roster, Bish. It took a while but I found another Spit that piqued my interest. I was looking for an F-6D Mustang and came across this FR Mk XIV. I like that big 5-blade Rotol propeller.

Wrapped up the cockpit in my Hasegawa mk IXc. I added some Eduard superfabric belts. First time using these. Seems to have gone in pretty easily. Looks pretty decent.  I also touched up thebguages with a white coloured pencil then filled them with canopy glue to try and make them looks like glass. This might be my best cockpit yet. Not sure I got the colour right, but everything I looked at gave me mixed results. 

Thats very nice work there Deeve, the IP has come out really well.

IMO the color is fine. That instrument panel looks fantastic as well.

Looking good, Deeve - nice pit!

Thanks guys. I hope I can do the exterior justice now :)

Frank: Love the Mk XIV, probably my favorite Spit ever. So graceful, so brutal... 

Deeve: Nice job there on the IP. The dials came out great!

Deeve,

Really nice pit.  I suppose the rest of the aircraft will be as nice!

As for me, there has been a spate of good weather recently, so painting has proceeded along with some rapidity.  I've managed to paint the bottom of the aircraft: first aluminum and then the wings.  I'm not sure what "Night" looked like, but flat black is close enough.

On the other hand, I managed to break off one of the props when wrapping it for spraying.  Oh, well.  I've come to expect these things when building my models. 

Hope to get the first base coat on soon.

Gary